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Case Reports
. 2024 May;65(3):275-278.
doi: 10.1111/vru.13355. Epub 2024 Mar 9.

Spontaneous cecal perforation in a cat diagnosed with ultrasonography

Julie Besson  1 , Hervé Brissot  2 , Florian Azoulay  1 , Paul Benzimra  3 , Julien Fritz  1
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Case Reports

Spontaneous cecal perforation in a cat diagnosed with ultrasonography

Julie Besson et al. Vet Radiol Ultrasound. 2024 May.

Abstract

An 8-year-old cat was presented for an acute history of anorexia, marked abdominal pain, and hyperthermia. Ultrasonography showed a cecal perforation with focal steatitis and adjacent free gas bubbles, consistent with focal peritonitis. Surgery confirmed the imaging findings. An enterectomy was performed with the removal of the cecum and ileocolic valve, and anastomosis between the ileum and colon was performed. Histology revealed transmural enteritis and chronic severe pyogranulomatous peritonitis with intralesional plant fragments.

Keywords: cecum; feline; peritonitis; pneumoperitoneum; ultrasound.

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